People
Phred Benham (PI)
As a young birder growing up in New Hampshire, I became involved in bird research from an early age assissting Len Reitsma at Plymouth State University. I traveled to Louisiana State University and the LSU Museum of Natural Science for my undergraduate studies. I pursued a Master’s thesis on the biogeography of Andean metaltail hummingbirds with Chris Witt at the University of New Mexico. This was followed by a PhD with Zac Cheviron at the Universities of Illinois and Montana where I focused on salt marsh adaptation in the Savannah Sparrow. An NSF post-doctoral fellowship brought me to the University of California Berkeley. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the Department of Biology & Wildlife and Institute of Arctic Biology.
Kolibri Drobish
I grew up in southern British Columbia climbing mountains, skiing and enjoying wild landscapes. These experiences and my strong passion for ecological conservation have guided my interests for furthering my studies in ecology and wildlife biology. I recently graduated with my undergraduate degree from Northern Michigan University where I studied Ecology. I am currently a new graduate student starting my Masters in Wildlife Biology with Phred Benham where I will be studying metabolic effects caused by heat stress on boreal bird species in Alaska.